Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2020-04-21

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Apr 21
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
301 head
▲ 81 vs last sale 220▲ 301 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 61▲ 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 39▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls and not well established last sale. Steer and bulls steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Quality fair to fancy Demand moddrate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.35/cwt on 117 head.
Average price
$114.35
117 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$588
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.07
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521116.9260976
Small 1-2410116.004762thin
Medium and Large 2-3510109.5855936
Medium and Large 3460105.304843thin
One grade step is worth $11.62/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale117 hd
114.35
—
TN average11 barns · 1,803 hd
119.42
−5.07
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,49585.611,2807thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45061.088866thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26657.0672229
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04143.944589thin

Every lot

74 lots · USDA AMS · Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2230164.00/cwt164.00–164.003771
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3266152.71/cwt146.00–162.504064
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3332140.67/cwt130.00–155.004675
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335161.63/cwt158.00–164.005413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373153.94/cwt147.50–160.005745
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3376139.69/cwt131.00–152.005255
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy380171.00/cwt171.00–171.006501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415149.63/cwt148.00–152.006216
Steers—Small 1-2420121.00/cwt121.00–121.005081
Steers—Small 1-2470123.44/cwt122.00–125.005802
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487145.28/cwt132.00–149.007086
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513137.02/cwt131.00–144.007034
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006691
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3560114.00/cwt114.00–114.006381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585125.83/cwt122.00–134.007363
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610120.75/cwt120.50–121.007372
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3612114.37/cwt111.00–116.007003
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3665112.00/cwt112.00–112.007451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683118.02/cwt115.00–118.508067
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2700126.00/cwt126.00–126.008821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2854103.00/cwt103.00–103.008804
Steers—Medium and Large 2-31,05575.00/cwt75.00–75.007911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260143.80/cwt142.50–145.003742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3293126.26/cwt125.00–127.503702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323132.33/cwt130.00–135.004272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3343123.37/cwt120.00–125.004233
Heifers—Small 1-2345110.00/cwt110.00–110.003801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3370123.03/cwt115.00–130.004556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375134.31/cwt128.00–140.005044
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3407115.37/cwt111.00–118.004703
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420110.00/cwt110.00–110.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426127.44/cwt122.00–134.0054314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474122.50/cwt117.00–128.0058117
Heifers—Small 1-2475122.00/cwt122.00–122.005801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3476112.84/cwt107.00–120.005375
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480102.95/cwt98.00–108.004942
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3520106.95/cwt103.00–110.005564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524116.34/cwt109.00–124.0061018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581108.28/cwt105.00–110.006297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620103.51/cwt103.00–104.006422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-362896.51/cwt94.00–99.006062
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3Value Added65299.00/cwt99.00–99.006459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680101.98/cwt101.00–103.006932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-271491.38/cwt81.00–97.006525
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-386881.00/cwt81.00–81.007032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,06770.00/cwt70.00–70.007473
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3425125.64/cwt123.00–128.005343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2429144.17/cwt140.00–148.006187
Bulls—Small 1-2435119.00/cwt119.00–119.005181
Bulls—Small 1-2465126.00/cwt126.00–126.005861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475137.20/cwt125.00–144.006525
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3475121.93/cwt113.00–129.005798
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3520117.10/cwt111.00–122.006098
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527121.71/cwt120.00–125.006413
Bulls—Small 1-2529110.23/cwt102.50–120.005834
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy550115.00/cwt115.00–115.006331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2558117.61/cwt113.00–120.006568
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3570110.95/cwt105.00–119.006325
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3615103.00/cwt103.00–103.006331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2619112.18/cwt106.00–119.006946
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2672103.86/cwt96.00–109.006983
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-272786.32/cwt85.00–89.006283
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-373088.00/cwt88.00–88.006421
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-388089.00/cwt89.00–89.007831
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23376.62/cwt73.00–81.009452
Bulls——1,60089.21/cwt87.50–90.001,4275
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84538.00/cwt38.00–38.003211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06644.68/cwt38.00–50.504768
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22451.14/cwt42.00–54.506265
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26657.01/cwt50.50–63.0072220
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31557.00/cwt57.00–57.007502
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32064.70/cwt63.00–66.508544
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51863.12/cwt62.00–65.009584
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,055640.00/cwt640.00–640.006,7521

This sale against other markets

Tennessee weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.